Here are comments, made elsewhere by Usha di and Dr Pankaj Kumar, relevant here. "Pata is leaves, used/cooked/eaten anyway one likes when buying or collecting." " "pata" means leaf."
"shak is leaves and stems together in colloquial use... mostly used to denote the vegetable (food) like potential of the greens". " "sak" or "shak" means branches" (ie leaves + stem or twigs) On Sunday, May 20, 2012 6:32:39 PM UTC+10, OZmic wrote: > > Dear all, > It would be useful to every one to have a kind of mini lexique covering > the basic words which can be found in plant names. Something like this: > ASSAMESE: > BENGALI : > ENGLISH : 1.Leaf, 2. leaves, 3 flower, 4. fruit, 5. tree > GUJARATI : > HINDI : 1. , 2. फूल phula, 3. , 4. फल phala 5. पेड़ per > KANNADA : > MALAYALAM : > MARATHI : > NEPALI : > ORIYA : > PUNJABI : > SANSKRIT : > TAMIL : 1., 2. இலைகள் ilaikal, 3 மலர் , 4. பழம் palam, 5. மரம் maram > TELUGU : > URDU : > + Any other language. > Basic colors as well or combinations such as red-leaved, green-leaved, > blue-flowered, white-flowered etc. > Your imagination is the limit. They must be name components that are > common in plant names however. > I leave this basic idea with you all. > Thanks > Mic >
